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I hobby garden and also grow greens hydroponically. Greens are > 95% water weight. I think tomatoes aren't far behind. when I first started with hydroponics I
by djb_hackernews 10y ago
I hobby garden and also grow greens hydroponically. Greens are > 95% water weight. I think tomatoes aren't far behind.
when I first started with hydroponics I was amazed at how little fertilizer/nutrients needed to be added to the system to produce the volume I was producing.
I think with traditional farming a lot of fertilizer is lost to the environment which isn't so in closed hydroponic systems.
- jessriedel 10y ago> I think with traditional farming a lot of fertilizer is lost to the environment which isn't so in closed hydroponic systems. Do you have a cite on this for further reading?
- zdragnar 10y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_zone_(ecology) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_zone_(ecology) Among other factors, fertilizer runoff is a studied cause of substantial ecological effects. There's a huge rabbit hole to start you off.
- jessriedel 10y agoI'm looking for something more quantitative.
- philovivero 10y agoI am also looking for someone to spoonfeed me information on random topics that momentarily take my fancy. Let me know if you find someone like that. I want to be their friend.